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Maintenance Specialist, Senior

City of Durham
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 14 Jul 2026
💰 $83,728/yr($53,962/yr$83,728/yr)

About the role

Posting number: 26-05949

Department: Police

Job classification: Maintenance Specialist, Senior ***

Posting type: Open

Categories: Facility Management, Maintenance, Construction Maintenance, Construction Trades

Summary

Work, Serve, Thrive.  With the City of Durham

Work, Serve, Thrive.  With the City of Durham  
Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.


Hiring Range: $53,962.00
Work Day/Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm
 
Our internationally accredited Durham Police Department is dedicated to hiring and training officers and staff who represent the best the law enforcement profession has to offer. We are a progressive agency committed to reducing crime by providing the best quality service. We work to foster public confidence and maintain the highest standards of excellence as a community partner for positive change. If you’re interested in delivering superior emergency response services and working collaboratively to serve our community, join our team in Durham!

Devoted to maintaining and repairing City property, equipment and facilities, providing custodial services.  Provide specialized paraprofessional and skilled technical maintenance work that requires sufficient subject-matter knowledge and expertise in an assigned field to reconcile and verify the work of others; train others; serve as an escalation point for problem-solving; coordinate processes; implement policies and procedures and provide technical assistance to higher level staff. Decision-making is limited to organizing tasks in more complex operational processes that include coordination of logistics and handling of unanticipated factors within standard policies and procedures to meet established goals.  Perform highly technical maintenance work or lead work crews performing basic and complex labor, equipment operation, construction, maintenance, and/or repair tasks.

Responsible for ensuring daily activity logs and reports are correctly completed; assigning work; inspecting work; ensuring quality control; operating complex equipment; and performing the most complex of tasks related to the work assignment.

Examples of duties

  • May perform lead duties including assigning and inspecting work, coordinating safety training, and ensuring quality control and compliance with applicable operations, policies, and procedures.
  • Performs the most complex of tasks related to the work assignment; plans, designs, installs, modifies, and/or maintains electrical, plumbing, and related systems, equipment, and devices; performs or coordinates carpentry, electrical, HVAC, plumbing, painting, concrete work, welding, masonry and other trades work.
  • Operates complex equipment, as assigned.
  • Ensures that daily activity logs and reports are correctly completed; monitors inventory; proof work and reviews of the work of others to ensure accuracy and completeness.
  • Provides customer service; responds customer questions, concerns, and trouble calls; troubleshoots complex issues; and provides information on policies and procedures.
  • As assigned, may serve as a lead worker, assigning work and monitoring work completion.

Qualifications

  • High School Diploma or equivalent (GED, HiSet, TASC). 
  • One year of additional technical training in the area of assignment.
  • Four years of equipment operation/driving experience or technical maintenance experience related to assignment.
  • Incumbents must complete job related and/or safety training based on assignment, such as (but not limited to) lock out/tag out, confined space entry, ladder safety, CPR, respirator and emergency evacuation training.
  • A valid North Carolina Class C Driver’s License with a satisfactory driving record is required for facilities maintenance and radio systems assignments that include driving between multiple facilities and/or locations to perform work, transfer equipment or inspect work.

Supplemental information

  • Experience do you have reviewing project bids.
  • Facility management or construction management experience.
  • Experience with material procurement (purchasing).

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